The Messenger Online - GeorgiaUNICEF applaud social assistance but demand more for Georgia's poorTBILISI, Georgia, 20 July 2011 - Why don't all poor families get social benefits and services in Georgia? – This was the key topic of the survey presentation held by UNICEF on July 19. The preliminary results of a UNICEF study examining why all poor families in Georgia are not getting social assistance aimed at evaluating the effect of social programs and the problems, which the vulnerable society faced in Georgia.

gazeta.kzUNICEF, Kazakh Majilis and EU held joint int'l child protection conferenceASTANA, 24 June 2011 - On June 23 the Lower Chamber of the Parliament of Kazakhstan - Majilis hosted Equity-focused International Child Protection Conference in lieu of the 20th Anniversary of Kazakhstan's Independence with the assistance of the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Kazakhstan.

Official website of the Government of MontenegroUNICEF achieving excellent results in Montenegro, PM Lukšić saysPODGORICA, 21 June 2011 - Prime Minister Igor Lukšić thanked UNICEF Montenegro representative Noala Skinner for her commitment and excellent results attained in terms of child care and raising awareness of people with special needs in Montenegro.

law.by (Belarus)Six Belarussian cities to join UNICEF Child Friendly City project in 2011MINSK, 1 June (BelTA) – Six Belarussian cities will join the UNICEF Child Friendly City initiative, BelTA learned from the UNICEF office in Belarus. To date partaking in this initiative are Pinsk, Pruzhany, Borisov, Dobrush, and Soligorsk. In 2011 Minsk, Brest, Lida, Novopolotsk, Gomel, Shklov will join them.

Central Asia NewswireKazakhstan unique in funding UNICEF studyTuesday, February 15, 2011 - A United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) survey of women and children in Kazakhstan, part of an international assessment of their current needs, is one-of-a-kind owing to financial support offered by the host country, UNICEF said on Tuesday.

emg.rs (Serbia)Global IKEA initiative for a better everyday life of children in SerbiaJanuary 27, 2011 - Via a UNICEF Initiative, which the IKEA Foundation supports through its activities, an opportunity for preschool education will be provided to 1,500 children under 5 in remote villages in the period from 2011 to 2013 on the territory of Serbia, as well as to other children from socially and economically disadvantaged groups.

Today's Zaman (Turkey)UNICEF hopes for children’s rights ombudsperson in TurkeyJanuary 18, 2011 - Dr. Ayman Abulaban, the newly appointed United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) representative to Turkey, says they are hoping for an ombudsperson for children’s rights in Turkey whose efforts will go a long way towards improving the rights of children in the country.

Trend Az - AzerbaijanUNICEF Appoints New Head of Baku OfficeNovember 3, 2008 - Mr. Mohamed Bendriss Alami has been appointed new Representative for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Azerbaijan, Baku office of the organization said to TrendNews. Alami is the interim UNICEF Representative to Azerbaijan and he takes over from Ms. Hanaa Singer. Prior to this appointment, Mr.Alami has served as UNICEF Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa.

Panorama.am - ArmeniaForeign Minister received UNICEF AmbassadorThe Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandyan has received the new appointed Ambassador of UNICEF Armenia Mrs. Laily Moshiri-Gilan. During the meeting the Foreign Minister has highly evaluated the fourteen years activities of the fund in Armenia which is directed to defending children’s rights, and to the improvement of their living and health conditions.

KazInform - KazakhstanSenate Speaker receives UNICEF Representative in KazakhstanOctober 1, 2008 - Today, Chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan’s Parliament Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has received UNICEF representative in Kazakhstan Hanaa Singer; Kazinform refers to the Senate’s press service. The parties discussed further prospects of cooperation between Kazakhstan and the United Nations Children’s Fund.

Trend Az - AzerbaijanDecline in Child Mortality in Azerbaijan: UNICEFSeptember 25, 008 - According to UNICEF, the mortality of children up to 5 age has considerably dropped since 2000 in Azerbaijan. In 2007, every 1,000 newly-born babies and 1-year old children accounted for 34 child deaths and children up to 5 years – 39 deaths cases, UNICEF said.

KazInform - KazakhstanUNICEF representative in Kazakhstan deliveres credentials to KZ FMSeptember 10, 2008 - Today Kazakh Minister of Foreign Affairs Marat Tazhin has received UNICEF representative in Kazakhstan H.Singer, Kazinform reports. She delivered credentials to the Foreign Minister. “We are proud of the UNICEF presence in your country, because Kazakhstan is an engine of the economic development in the region. Our main task is to make the country’s economic power serve the children”, H.Singer emphasized.

Turkish Weekly - TurkeyUNICEF, Uzbekistan celebrate impact of exclusive breastfeedingAugust 1, 2008 - World Breastfeeding Week will be celebrated from 1 to 7 August this year with the initiative of UNICEF and supported by the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan and the Creative Union of journalists, a press release of UNICEF office in Uzbekistan said.

SofiaEcho.com - BulgariaHopes for home for Mogilino children by 2009July 16, 2008 - The Unicef representative for Bulgaria, Octavian Bivol, said on July 16 2008 that he hoped that a new home for the children from the Mogilino social care home would be built by the beginning of 2009.

Trend News - AzerbaijanUNICEF Calls on Azerbaijani Government to Invest in Children’s Rights ProtectionJune 23, 2008 - The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) calls on Azerbaijani Government to invest in protection of children’s rights. “Azerbaijani Government must allot sound investments,” UNICEF representative in Azerbaijan Hanna Singer said at a conference ‘Budget Policy and Investments for Children’ at Azerbaijani Parliament on 23 June.

Transitions OnlineThe Other OrphansJune 17, 2008 - Romania gets serious about trying to stem the tide of children left behind by migrant-worker parents.

law.by - BelarusNatalia Petkevich: UNICEF should address child abandonmentJune 4, 2008 - Resolution of problems of child abandonment, children with special needs and disabled children should be in the centre of attention of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Permanent Representation of Belarus in the UN quoted Deputy Head of the Belarus President Administration Natalia Petkevich as saying at a substantive session of the UNICEF Executive Council in New York.

New ScientistStigma helps AIDS flourish in RussiaMay 11, 2008 - Homophobia and the stigmatisation of people with HIV and AIDS are hampering efforts to tackle the spread of infection in Russia and the other countries of the former Soviet Union.

kazinform - KazakhstanCoop agreement signed between Ust-Kamenogorsk akimat and UNICEFMay 8, 2008 - The Akim (mayor) of Ust -Kamenogorsk, Shakarim Buktugutov, and the representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund in Kazakhstan, Tatyana Aderikhina, signed an agreement on co-project “City - friendly to child”, Kazinform reports.

Trend-AzerbaijanUNICEF Alarmed by Conviction of Azerbaijani AIDS Carrier GirlFebruary 6, 2008 - UNICEF expressed its concern over the conviction of an Azerbaijani girl Elnara Ahmadova, 18, who is accused of deliberating spreading the HIV/AIDS infection. Bianet- TurkeyUNICEF: Two in Ten People in Turkey Marry UnderageJanuary 24, 2008 - The 2008 UNICEF report on the state of children in the world shows positive developments in child mortality and average life expectancy. However, too many children are still deprived of education or forced to marry underage.

B92 News - SerbiaUNICEF campaign gave christmas joy to Serbian childrenJanuary 19, 2008 - The results of a joint campaign, coordinated by the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, show that 1,280 children without parental care, as well as those with disabilities, received packages with Christmas and New Year presents.

DemaZ, Democracy, Human Rights - AzerbaijanOmbudsman Received UNICEF Representative On January 15, the Ombudsman in Azerbaijan received a UNICEF representative. In the course of the meeting issues on cooperation in the field of the rights of the child were discussed.

Gazeta.kz - KazakhstanUNICEF awarded Kazakhstani senatorsDecember 11, 2007, Astana - A group of deputies of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan was rewarded with memorable medals of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), as reported by the KZ-today correspondent.

Turkmenistan.ru - TurkmenistanUNICEF to assist Turkmenistan in improving pre-school educationNovember 20, 2007 - Turkmenistan and UNICEF are to start cooperation in improving the national pre-school education. UNICEF regional director for Central Asia, Eastern Europe and CIS Maria Calivis offered to arrange training for Turkmen teachers in Finland and the UK and to provide Turkmenistan with modern strategies on preparation of such specialists at a meeting with Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov today.

DemaZ, Democracy, Human Rights - AzerbaijanInfant Mortality Level is High Enough16 July 2007 - Accordingly to information made public in UN Population Fund report, infant mortality level in Azerbaijan is high.

Trend News Agency - AzerbaijanUNICEF Prepared to Join hands with Azerbaijan Government6 July 2007 - UNICEF Representative in Azerbaijan, Hanaa Singer stated today “UNICEF are looking forward to joining hands with the CE, EU and the Government of Azerbaijan to reach out common objective: an Azerbaijan that is fit for children, built for children, and built with children”.

Armenia Now - ArmeniaThis and Every Day: June 1 raises awareness as Child Protection Day1 June 2007 - Yeranuhi Khachatryan, 13, knows well about Child Protection Day celebrated June 1. But the very day teachers congratulate children and wish them safety, she recalls the black days of her small life and the many scars they left on her face and her body.

Inter Press Service News AgencyRussia's Children Remain "Highly Vulnerable"31 May 2007 - Interview with UNICEF's Carel de Rooy. "While UNICEF is happy that children's rights are commemorated on Jun. 1, we would like to see every day of the year be 'International Children's Day', particularly in Russia, where children remain highly vulnerable," says Carel de Rooy, the United Nations agency's representative in Russia and Belarus.

B92 News - SerbiaUNICEF: 13 pct of Roma children finish school18 May 2007 - Study by the UN children's agency UNICEF conducted in the Balkan states showed Roma are the largest minority group across the Balkans, but most of them spend their life in poverty, illiterate, underfed and marginalized by society.

Reuters AlertNetBalkan Roma: shunned, illiterate, hungry - UNICEF17 May 2007 - Roma are the largest minority group across the Balkans, but most of them spend their life in poverty, illiterate, underfed and marginalised by society, a study by the U.N. children's agency UNICEF showed.

Scoop Independent News - New ZealandTurkmenistan Youths' Child Rights Films16 May 2007 - Young people in Turkmenistan are using their creativity to produce short video films on children's rights thanks to an initiative cosponsored by the country's Government and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

Turkmenistan.ru - TurkmenistanInnovative youth seminar "One Minutes Jr. Video" opens in Ashgabat15 May 2007 - Students and volunteers of the Youth Organization named after Magtymguly have started shooting 60-second video films about children's rights within the framework of the seminar "One Minutes Jr. Video" organized by UNICEF and the Ministry of culture and TV and Radio broadcast of Turkmenistan.

Today's Zaman - TurkeyViable projects key to combat chıld poverty14 May 2007 - Interview with Lila Pieters UNICEF Deputy Representative in Turkey. More than a quarter of Turkey's children live in poverty, meaning that their caregivers do not have adequate means to feed, clothe, shelter, educate or protect them.

Romano Vod'i - Czech RepublicUNICEF about the situation of Roma Children in South East Europe10 May 2007 - On the occasion of a joint conference with the German Children’s Commission of the German Bundestag, 5 March 2007, UNICEF presented a study on the situation of Roma children in seven south-Eastern European countries: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, as well as Kosovo.

Turkish Daily News - Ankara,TurkeyUNICEF wants action against Internet crimes30 April 2007 - Edmond McLoughney, Turkey representative of the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF), has praised the government's political will to seriously look into ways to offer safe Internet to children but underlined that the political will must turn into real action.

New Anatolian - Ankara, TurkeyUN: 'Millions suffering amid economic growth in Eastern Europe28 April - Millions of people in the ex-Soviet bloc countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia are languishing in poverty, left behind by government policies aimed primarily at boosting macroeconomic growth instead of social welfare, three United Nations agencies said Friday.

Reuters AlertNet - London, UKMany excluded from E.European economic recovery - UN27 April 2007 - Many women, children and families living in the countryside are being excluded from the benefits of economic growth in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, the United Nations said on Friday.

Huliq.comArmenia's Goodwill Ambassador to UNICEF18 April 2007 - Armenia’s renowned singer Alla Levonyan joined today the ranks of 200 celebrities around the world who have partnered with UNICEF to advocate for children’s rights

Today's Zaman, TurkeyUNICEF program to help protecting vulnerable27 March 2007 - A UNICEF country program will help Turkey to achieve some of its Millennium Development Goals, such as universal primary education, promoting gender equality and empowering women, reducing child mortality, and fighting AIDS.

News Blaze, USJuvenile Justice System set up in Kosovo with UN help24 March 2007The United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF has teamed up with the European Agency for Reconstruction (EAR) to support the development of the juvenile justice system in UN-administered Kosovo, focusing on rehabilitation rather than prison.

Право Выбора - Баку, AzerbaijanMeeting with UNICEF Regional Director Held15 March 2007 - On March 12, meeting with central and east Europe and CIS countries director of UNICEF Children’s Fund, Maria Kalivis, was held at the State Committee on the issues of family, women and children.

UzReport, UzbekistanNational flour fortification program expands15 March 2007 - When talking about the health, many of us often mentions about such disease, as an anemia. Anemia of deficiency of iron in a human body, in other words, today anemia is a problem disturbing the whole world community.

Guardian Unlimited - UKClose to home11 March 2007 - Unicef's report on the plight of Roma children in Romania and Bulgaria should be a concern for the whole of Europe.

Trend News Agency - AzerbaijanUNICEF Regional Director to Visit Azerbaijan9 March 2007 - Results for Children in the areas of health, education and protection will be the subject of a visit by Ms. Maria Calivis, UNICEF Regional Director for Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CEE/CIS). The three-day visit starts on 11th March.

Reuters AlertNet - London, UKKazakhstan: HIV trial spotlights fight against AIDS6 March 2007 - As the trial continues in Kazakhstan of former health sector staff accused of infecting scores of toddlers with HIV, there are signs that the government is tackling the fight against HIV/AIDS with renewed vigour.

The News, PakistanRoma children5 March 2007 - BERLIN: About 1 million Roma children “remain invisible” in countries in southeastern Europe without documents, birth certificates or adequate healthcare, a UN report released on Monday in Berlin said.

Focus Information AgencyAFP: UNICEF wants more rights for Roma children in Europe5 March 2007 - The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) insists on more rights for children of Roma families in Europe, appealing for better education. The appeal coincides with the conference, organized along with the German parliamentary commission, AFP reported.

Javno.hr - Zagreb,CroatiaOne Million Roma Children invisible5 March 2007 - The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) insists on more rights for children of Roma families in Europe, appealing for better education. The appeal coincides with the conference, organized along with the German parliamentary commission, AFP reported.

IRIN, Reuters and AlertNetKazakhstan: Preparing for bird flu threat23 February 2007 - Kazakhstan is implementing measures to combat avian influenza as the spring migratory season looms, threatening to spread the disease as birds fly north after the winter, the government says.

Forum, UkraineUNICEF: Media Critical in Fight to Prevent Pandemic Flu15 February 2007 - As the threat of bird flu once again confronts Europe and Central Asia, an International Symposium on how governments can better manage emergency health situations has started in the capital of Ukraine.

UtReport, UzbekistanUNICEF holds seminars in Europe and Central Asia to boost flu prevention15 February 2007 - In a further effort to combat the global spread of deadly bird flu, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is holding a series of high-level seminars in Europe and Central Asia over the next month that will stress the importance of working with the media in getting the right preventive message out to the public.

BBC Online, UKRussia's unwanted babies in hospital limbo7 February 2007 - Mobile phone video of babies in a Russian hospital with sticking plaster apparently covering their mouths made headlines around the world but the plight of the otkazniki - the infants abandoned by their mothers in hospital - goes much deeper.

WebUser - London, United KingdomReview of UNICEF Tajikistan website17 January 2007 - This website is aimed at raising awareness of the problems that children face in central Asian country Tajikistan.

Reuters Foundation, AlertNet - Shymkent, KazakhstanSilent Kazakhs on new frontier for HIV1 January 2007 - Saule, a 27-year-old Kazakh biology graduate, has a job and a young daughter. No one knows she also has HIV. "I haven't told anyone. I don't know how people might react," said Saule, her dark eyes watching intently through a slit in a scarf wrapped around her face for anonymity.

BBC News OnlineMoldova's kids get old before their time6 December 2006 - One in nine children in the Republic of Moldova - about 100,000 - grow up without at least one of their parents, who go abroad to work.

International Herald Tribune - FranceEurope marks World AIDS Day with warnings, services, art actions1 December 2006 - Church services in Moscow and London, a provocative artist's action in front of a Stockholm cathedral, and warnings about the spread of HIV on Europe's eastern fringe marked commemorations Friday of World AIDS Day across the continent.

Russia Profile.orgMisinformation Still a Problem in Combating AIDS in Russia1 December 2006 - Every year on Dec. 1, World AIDS Day, the employees of the Yest Mneniye (There is an Opinion) research center in Chelyabinsk organize an event to encourage AIDS awareness among the city’s young people.

Reuters Foundation, AlertNetUNICEF sees higher Kazakh HIV numbers28 November, 2006 - Almaty, Kazakhstan - The number of people living with HIV in Kazakhstan could be three times higher than official figures, a U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) official was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

Southeast European Times - MD, USAUNICEF and the Japanese government organise seminar in Tirana on bird flu27 November, 2006 - UNICEF and the Japanese government organised an international seminar in Tirana on bird flu, focusing on communication during health emergencies and appropriate measures to minimise pandemic outbreaks. Carrie Auer, UNICEF representative in Albania, said the event – which took place on November 20th – was the first of six such seminars to be held in Central and Eastern Europe.

Scotsman, United KingdomOstracised Roma still struggle across Balkans25 November, 2006 – Elka Strojan and her 30-strong Roma Gypsy family, forced to swap a house for three rooms in a former army barracks, highlight the precarious existence in the Balkans of Europe's largest minority.

Azertag, State Telegraph Agency of the Republic of AzerbaijanOmbudsman of the Azerbaijan holds conference on children23 November, 2006 – Ombudsman of the Azerbaijan Republic with support of UNICEF on 22 November held a conference dedicated to the question how to create a safe world for children.

UN News Centre, United NationsUNICEF grants award to Moldovan TV programme on sport in child development22 November, 2006 – A Moldovan television programme highlighting the importance of sports in children’s development, including teaching them about conflict resolution and equality, has won the 2006 International Children’s Day of Broadcasting Award, presented by the United Nations' children’s agency and the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

ChristianToday - London, UKWorld Vision Shocked at Child Poverty in South-eastern Europe24 October 2006 - World Vision has expressed its shock at the extent to which serious levels of poverty continue to blight the lives of children in the poorest families in south-eastern Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States and Central Asia, which a new report claims have made little progress over the last decade.

Reuters AlertNet - London, England, UKUnicef report reveals extent of child poverty and inequality24 October 2006 - Life for children in the poorest families in southeastern Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States and Central Asia has made little progress over the last decade as child poverty becomes more and more concentrated in certain groups and geographical areas in the region, according to the latest reports by Unicefs Innocenti Social Monitor 2006: Understanding Child Poverty in South-Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States.

People's Daily Online, ChinaMillions stand up against poverty19 October 2006 - Child poverty in southeastern Europe and the former republics of the Soviet Union has declined significantly after a decade-long rise since the early 1990s, a report by the UN Children's Fund said yesterday. UNICEF said, however, that the number of impoverished children in this region remains disturbingly high. Some 18 million children under 15 were living on less than the equivalent of US$2.15 a day in 2003, the last year for which figures were available, UNICEF said. That compared with 32 million children living in what the agency considers "extreme income poverty" in 1998.

UN News CentreChild poverty in South-East Europe, Central Asia clouds region’s future – UN report 18 October, 2006 - Although the number of children under 15 living in extreme poverty in South-Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States has dropped from 32 million to 18 million since the late ‘90s, governments must increase their health and education budgets to ensure regional prosperity, according to a United Nations report released today.

United Press InternationalUN to SE Europe, CIS: Up child aid18 October, 2006 - The United Nations says governments in Southeast Europe and states of the former Soviet Union must increase health and education budgets to ensure prosperity.

Southeast European Times"Every Roma Child to School" campaign under way in Macedonia18 October, 2006 - Roma NGOs in Macedonia have been conducting a campaign aimed at boosting the number of Roma children who attend school. The UNICEF-supported campaign has been implemented in towns with large Roma populations such as Skopje, Kumanovo, Prilep and Stip. The slogan is "Every Roma Child to School".

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Czech Republic One In Four Of Region's Children Extremely Poor18 October, 2006 - A report by UNICEF, the United Nations children's organization, says that, despite an economic upturn in Southeastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) since the late 1990s, one in four children under the age of 15 is still living in extreme poverty.

International Herald Tribune, FranceUN: Child poverty eases in southeast Europe, ex-Soviet countries18 October, 2006 - GENEVA Child poverty in southeastern Europe and the former republics of the Soviet Union has declined significantly after a decade-long rise following the fall of communism, a report by the U.N. Children's Fund said Wednesday.

ABC News, AustraliaUNICEF urges more attention for child poverty18 October, 2006 - The United Nations children's agency UNICEF has appealed to eastern European and central Asian governments to pay more attention to child poverty.

UzReport Business Information Portal, UzbekistanUNICEF and DonMahsulotlari conduct workshop18 October, 2006 - On 18-19 October, UNICEF together with DonMahsulotlari (Grain Products) Scientific Research Centre will conduct a workshop for the specialists of flour production companies.

BBC News, UK'Vast imbalance' in child povertyOctober 18, 2006 - The United Nations children's agency Unicef has appealed to Eastern European and Central Asian governments to pay more attention to child poverty.

AKI, ItalyBalkans: Child Trafficking On The Rise, UNICEF30 August 2006 (AKI) - Child trafficking in the countries of southeast Europe, particularly in Serbia’s Kosovo province, has been on rise and is reaching worrying proportions, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Wednesday…

Focus News - Sofia, BulgariaAlbania Severely Criticized in UNICEF’s Latest ReportAugust 30, 2006 - Tirana. In its last report UNICEF criticizes Albania severely because of the insufficient combat against trafficking of children, Macedonian Makfax informs... BBC News, UKEurope warned over traffickingAugust 30, 2006 - Not enough is being done to prevent the trafficking of young people in south-eastern Europe, a report by two children's charities says…

BBC News, UK'Dream offer lured me into prostitution'August 30, 2006 - As a report condemns the UK for not doing enough to prevent the trafficking of young people from eastern Europe, Katerina - a young woman from Romania - explains how she was forced into prostitution in the UK…

RTE.ie, IrelandEU criticised in human trafficking reportAugust 30, 2006 - A report by the United Nations children's agency, UNICEF, says European countries are not doing enough to protect children from being exploited by human traffickers…

Canada.com - Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaJunior G-8 kicks off in Russia with hopes to influence main summitJuly 10, 2006. (AP) - Armed with diplomatic jargon and an interest in international affairs, teenage delegates from the Group of Eight major industrialized countries on Monday kicked off the Junior G-8 summit with the hope of influencing world leaders gathering in Russia this week.

Turkish Daily News - Ankara,TurkeyUNICEF urges Turkey to teach in KurdishJuly 9, 2006. The United Nations Children's Fund's deputy chief urged Turkey on Friday to try out teaching its Kurdish children in Kurdish, saying international examples indicated it would improve educational standards.

Zaman Online - Istanbul, TurkeyUNICEF Delegation Arrives in Van for Girls Education CampaignJuly 7, 2006. UNICEF Deputy Executive Director and Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kul Chandra Gautam, and an accompanying delegation arrived in the eastern Turkish province of Van on Friday as part of "The Girls Education campaign."

TREND Information - AzerbaijanUNICEF to organize regular courses in BakuJuly 7, 2006. Regional training courses on preservation of breast-milk feeding will be held in Baku from 10 to 14 July, the Baku Office of UNICEF told Trend.

Southeast European Times in Tirana UNICEF urges Albania to do more for children’s rightsJune 29 2006. Many young people in Albania face poverty, discrimination, and lack of educational opportunity, according to a recent report. The problem is especially severe in rural areas and among the country's Roma.

Kazinform - Astana,KazakhstanKazakhstan's iodization rate may exceed 90%, UNICEF repJune 19 2006. During the period of June 19-23 Astana holds a conference on foodstuff fortification under the aegis of Healthcare Ministry. Those attending are the representative of Kazakh Food Academy, deputies of the Parliament of Kazakhstan, salt producers, mill industry and NGOs.

National Legal Internet Portal - Minsk,BelarusBelarus highly appraises level and quality of interaction with UNICEF6 June 2006. Belarus is satisfied with the level and quality of interaction with UNICEF. The statement to that effect was voiced by the delegation of Belarus at a session of the UNICEF Executive Board in the UN headquarters in New York. The session runs from June 5 till June 9.

TrendUNICEF leads workshop for iodine deficiency6 June 2006. UNICEF is ready to support Azeri government on universal salt iodizing and in fighting iodine deficiency-related diseases, Trend reports quoting Hanna Singer, representative of UNICEF to Azerbaijan, speaking at theme workshop organized by UNICEF’s Baku office jointly with Azeri Ministry of Health.

UNICEF Helps Bulgaria Raise Teens AIDS Awareness27 April 2006. Sixty of every 100 Bulgarian teenagers should be aware how to protect themselves from AIDS, states a Plan from the 2009 program between the Bulgarian government and the United Nations Children's Fund - UNICEF.

IRIN/PLUSNEWSUZBEKISTAN: Interview with Aziz Khudoberdiev, Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS21 Apr 2006 . The total number of registered HIV/AIDS cases in Uzbekistan is the highest recorded in Central Asia, according to the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) report for Uzbekistan published on 11 April. Nearly 2,200 cases were registered in 2005, bringing the official total to 7,800. Unofficial estimates put the number of infections much higher.

UN News CenterUNICEF says iodine could have prevented cancer among Chernobyl victims19 April 2006. Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said today that iodized salt could have significantly lowered the numbers of exposed children who developed thyroid cancer and called for the supplement to be widely used throughout the affected region.

KAZINFORMKazakh FM met with UN Offices’ reps17 March 2006. Foreign Affairs Minister of Kazakhstan Kassymzhomart Tokayev has received representative of UN Children’s Fund UNICEF to Kazakhstan Alexander Zuyev on request of the latter, Kazinform has learnt from Kazakh MFA’s press service.In the course of the meeting the sides discussed current state and perspectives of collaboration between Kazakhstan and UNICEF.

MOSNEWS.comRussia, CIS World’s Second Biggest Human Trafficking Market — UNICEF16 March 2006. The number of international human trafficking victims in both industrialized and developing countries is estimated at 600,000 to 800,000, the representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Russia and Belarus, Carel de Roy told a news-conference at Itar-Tass on Wednesday.

Youth media reporterWhere Youth Media is the Media4 March 2006. In countries where press freedom is curtailed, human rights are violated, and conflicts are common, young journalists are essential. The Youthful Media listserv offers a snapshot of youth media abroad.

BBC newsUnicef appeals for $805m in aid23 January 2006. Unicef has launched an appeal to raise more than $800m (£450m) to help women and children affected by humanitarian emergencies in 29 countries.